Chapter Fifty-One: The Ruthless Trap

  "This house is cleaned up so neatly! Not like a boy's room at all! How come? Is someone else living with you?" Wang Ling asked me after taking a look around the house and seeing Qin Ke Yi's room.

  "Yes! I'm not the only one living here!" I said to Wang Ling in the kitchen.

  "It's a girl! There are so many dolls on the bed and the room smells so good!" Wang Ling asked, standing at the kitchen door.

  "Ah! It's a girl!"

  "Haha! Definitely not an ordinary relationship! Can't live together without being girlfriends!!!"

  "Hmm? I guess so!"

  "What's with the 'considering'!!! You're so handsome! Your girlfriend can't be that bad, right?!"

  "Hehe! Let's meet up sometime! Oh, by the way! Sister Ling, do you have a heavy mouth?" I intentionally changed the subject, not wanting to discuss my personal matters in front of Wang Ling, this complicated woman.

  "I prefer light flavors," Wang Ling said with a smile.

  "Alright! Ling Jie, sit on the sofa for a while, it'll be fine soon!"

  "I'll come and help you too! It's embarrassing just eating here without doing anything!"

  "What? Ling Jie! You can cook too?"

  "I didn't know how before, but after living alone for two years, I've learned a bit." Wang Ling said while washing vegetables.

  "Haha! Nowadays, it's rare to find a girl who can cook, let alone a pretty one! Sister Ling, you'll definitely marry a good man in the future."

  "I'm busy every day, where's the time to fall in love? Can your girlfriend cook?" Wang Ling shifted the topic back to Qin Ke Yi.

  "What's with her? She was spoiled since she was a kid and can't even tell sugar from salt, how is she supposed to cook?"

  "Ah!? Hehe! Really?!" Wang Ling said with some incredulity. In response to his question, I just smiled and then changed the subject to somewhere else...

  Wang Ling's craftsmanship is among the best in her league, making me reevaluate my impression of her. She doesn't seem to eat much, and after finishing a small amount of food, she started chatting with me, mostly talking about herself. The topics ranged from her university life, her boyfriend during university days, the disappointment after graduation, social relationships, hardships and setbacks at work... allowing me to see a strong side of her that is not usually visible.

  "Cheers! Do you have wine?" Wang Ling suddenly said to me with a low mood after being silent for a while.

  "Alcohol...? It seems like it's all gone! Mark drank it all last time! What's wrong, Ling Jie!? Are you in a bad mood?" I curiously asked.

  "Stop calling me Sister Lian! Just call me by my name! I'm only one year older than you!"

  "Hehe! Good! Calling you Ling Jie will make people misunderstand that you're very old! Girls all dislike being called this."

  "Haha......, I'm leaving this city soon!" After hearing my words and laughing for a while, Wang Ling suddenly said to me.

  "Leave! Where are you going?" I asked in surprise.

  "Dalian. Our company is going to set up a branch in Dalian and I have been appointed as the manager of the branch."

  "Wow, that's a big promotion! We should celebrate! Sometimes I really admire your ability, you've only just graduated for less than two years and you're already in a managerial position!" I said to Wang Ling with an admiring tone, actually containing some flattery, after all, I still wanted to get something from her.

  "Ability... haha!" Wang Ling looked at me with a strange smile, muttering to herself, making me feel that she didn't get to her current position just by relying on ability. So I changed the subject again, "Ling Jie, let me show you the system design prototype we made!"

  "Okay!" Wang Ling smiled and replied, then I took her into my room.

  "You sit here first, I'll go get you a glass of water." After putting the sample tray into the CD drive and having Wang Ling sit in front of the computer, I turned around and went to the living room to pour Wang Ling a glass of water.

  Perhaps Wang Ling was too focused on the system samples on her computer, when I called out her name to hand something over to her, she didn't turn around but subconsciously stretched out her hand to receive the cup I was handing over. Unfortunately, due to a lack of tacit understanding in terms of strength and timing, her outstretched hand knocked over the cup in my hand. The water cup fell to the ground and water splashed onto her pants.

  "Sorry! Quick, wipe it off!" I said, hastily pulling out a paper towel from the holder on the table. Just as I was about to bend down and help Wang Ling clean up the water on her pants, she suddenly threw her arms around me and started kissing my face wildly, like a stormy rain. Caught off guard, I was at a loss for what to do. I recalled that a British female ethicist had once said that when a woman is being raped, it's better to just lie there and enjoy the pleasure it brings rather than putting up futile resistance. This sentence eerily popped into my mind in this situation, giving me a theoretical basis for not resisting at all.

  Every time the scene reached a similar passionate moment, the phone would ring in an eerie manner. This time was no exception. In a state of confusion, not knowing whether to feel excited or anxious, I hastily pushed Wang Ling away and answered the phone.

  "Hey! Pighead! Why didn't you call me today!" Qin Ke's sweet voice came from the phone.

  "Huh...? I...I just finished with Tengda and was about to call you!" I turned around to look at Wang Ling, who was sitting on the bed with a confused expression, then turned back and walked out of the room, saying this to Qin Ke.

  "Oh?! You sound out of breath, are you tired?" Qin Ke asked over the phone.

  "Oh? No! Tengda just left, I sent him downstairs and then came back up, so I'm a bit out of breath!" I hastily made up an excuse to placate Qin Ke Yi.

  "Miss me? Pighead!" Qin Ke suddenly changed to a gentle tone and asked me.

  "I've thought of it! I'm thinking every minute, every second!" To match the atmosphere at this time, I also changed to the same tone as Qin Ke. At this moment, a knock on the door suddenly came, so I told Qin Ke to wait for a moment and then went to open the door with the phone in hand.

  "Pig head! I miss you too!! Haha!" Just as I hadn't reacted and opened the door, a figure stood at the entrance. A black shadow rushed in, tightly hugging me. From the conversation content and the familiar yet enchanting fragrance emitted from his body, it could be confirmed that this was another one of Qin Keyi's pranks. At this moment, thinking about Wang Ling who was in the room and what had happened with her earlier, my tense emotions were overflowing. The phone in my hand fell to the ground under the influence of this mindset.

  "Look who's back! You don't have to be so excited, okay?!" Qin Ke said as she squatted down to help me pick up my phone. As she picked it up and lifted her head, the bewildered expression on her face indicated that Wang Ling had come out of the room.

  "Hello! I'm Wang Ling, you're Kang Jian's girlfriend, right?" Wang Ling regained her usual mature demeanor and proactively extended a hand to greet Qin Ke.

  "Hello!" Qin Ke looked at me and the confused expression on his face disappeared. He smiled and shook hands with Wang Ling.

  "Ling Jie is our client, she came over to pick up the system's sample disk today!" Seeing this scene, I quickly explained to Qin Ke and prayed that she wouldn't notice anything.

  "Oh!" Qin Ke replied lightly.

  "Goodbye! It's getting late, I should go! See you later! I'll give you a call after I've finished looking at the sample!" Wang Ling bid farewell to me and Qin Ke, then opened the door and walked out. Seeing her back as she left made me breathe a sigh of relief. After the door closed, Qin Ke suddenly turned around with a strange smile on his face, staring at me.

  "You... how did you get back so early?" Due to the slight guilt from my earlier misbehavior, I chose to help Qin Ke carry her luggage into the room to cover up my embarrassment.

  "What? You don't want me back?" Qin Ke still had a strange expression on his face as he asked me.

  "How is that possible?" The feeling of guilt still hadn't dissipated, so after I came out of Qin Ke Yi's room, I sat on the sofa and turned on the TV, refusing to make eye contact with Qin Ke Yi.

  "Kang Jian! Don't you want to say something to me?" Qin Ke Yi also knelt on the sofa, hugged me and asked. At this time, I didn't know whether Qin Ke's words were a signal, indicating that I would be "lenient if I confessed", but after thinking carefully, I couldn't find any flaws, so I decided to take a gamble.

  "What... did you say?"

  "Really didn't!?" Qin Ke asked again.

  "No! You're so weird!" I firmly denied Qin Ke.

  "Good health! I told you, after kissing someone else, remember to wipe off the lipstick on your face! Look at you, you just don't listen!" Qin Ke Yi said slowly while taking out a tissue and wiping my face. Upon hearing Qin Ke Yi's words, cold sweat burst forth from my back like a spring, and in my heart I cursed the damned lipstick countless times, quickly picking up the small mirror on the table to wipe off the lipstick while checking myself.

  "Stop taking pictures! There's nothing here!" Just as I was puzzled by not being able to find the specific location of the lip print, Qin Kai suddenly reminded me that this was another ruthless trap. At this moment, I looked like a fool who had been stripped naked and paraded through the streets, exchanging trembling glances with Qin Kai. The room was eerily quiet, and even the sound of sweat dripping from my face could almost be heard. A few seconds later, Qin Kai suddenly got up from the sofa and quickly walked towards the door.

  "Wait, listen to me..." I hurriedly caught up with him, grabbed Qin Ke Yi's hand, and just as my words were about to come out of my mouth, a gust of cold wind suddenly swept across my face, followed by Qin Ke Yi's heavy slap on my cheek...

  "Don't bother me again...!!" Qin Ke said harshly to me, then shook off my hand and walked out of the room door. I kicked over the shoe rack at the door a few seconds later to express the anger in my heart...